The Sun. — London, England, 1838-04-06 00:00:00

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For our own part, we are free to confess that we anticipated ft much greater diminution, and we are therefore thankful . that matters are not worse than they are, considering the difficulties of vari ous kinds with which the trade and comOerce of the country have had to struggle during the 1ti,7 1, three months. Not only have the effects of the late derangement of the money market been severely:felt, but in addition to this source of commercial and manufacturing, and there fore of financial. depression, the unprecedented rigour of the past winter has thrown insurmountable impediments in the way of the merchant, the trader, and the shipowner. There is, however, good reason to hope that we have now passed the lowest point, and that the tide which has of late been running so strong against our financial prosperity has begun to set in the opposite direction. Perhaps our readers remember—we do—that it was confidently reported in ,tie monied circles of the metro polis towards the month of November, 1836, that there was not above two millions sterling' of bullion in the Bank of England. About that period a great outcry was raised against the CHANCELLOR of the EXCITIQUXR for not raising the interest of Exchequer bills, and so allowing the Bank to sell them and gather in bullion. The CHAN CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after a good deal of badger ing on the part of the Bank and the monied in terest, gavel way ; he raised the rate of interest ; the Bank then sold its Exchequer Bills with a considerable profit, and it filleJ its coffers with gold. The bullion, which about November was said to be not above 2,000,0001., amounted, according to the returns published in March, 1837, to 4,048,0004 In December of the same year the returns state that the bullion was 8,172,0001., and in March of the present year, 1838, the returns, as published in the Gazette, give the amount of bullion 10,015,000/. Here then in one year, from March to March, there was withdrawn from the general circulation, by the Bank of Eoghnd alone, no less than 5,967,000 t. If we go back to November, 1836, we shall find that the sum gathered in from the public by this one corporation, in sixteen months, was eight millions sterling. Now if the Bank had augmented its issue of paper as it increased its stock of bullion, on the known and recognized principles of breaking, fi:ling up by its " promises to pay"the void which it created by its to.kinc , from others the actual m e ans c b of payment, no inj ur y wou ld prhaps have been done to the public ; but while it was gi.thsring in bullion it was not in. creasing its paper circulation. In March, 1837, that amounted to 18,178,0001. ; in December, to 17,998,0001. and in March, 1838, to 18,600,0001. Thus, up to the close of 1837, it decreased its circulation, as well as in creased its stock of bullion. This Spring ii has again ex panded its circulation a little, but not proportionately to the amount of the bullion which it has gathered. The way in which it obtained bullion was by disposing of securities. In March, 1837, they amonnted to 30,579,000/., in De cember to 4 20,727,0001., and in March, 1838, to 22,792,000/. It was therefore by selling its securities, namely, Exchequer Bills, on which the public had raised the rate of interest, and which form no part of the general circu lation, that the Bank of England took away from commerce in sixteen months eight millions of the cir culating medium. Either the Bank of England, the great conservator of our circulation, had been most careless, and even profligate in its conduct, when it had only 2,000,0001. bullion, with upwards of 18,009,000 notes in circulation ; or it is very much over careful and stingy now, when it has only the same amount of note; ia circulation with upwards of 10,000,0001. of gold in its coffers. To appreciate, however, the full effect on the commerce of the country of this variation in the amount of gold in the coffers of the Bank, we must remember that its notes are a legal tender in all other places than at its own counter ; and that the most approved principle of banking allows of the issue of 21. promises to pay for every 11. of bullion which the banker keeps in his till. Thus, when the Bank of England gathered in eight millions of bullion in sixteen months, without issuing any more promises to pay, so that country bankers having its notes and regarding them as gold, might have augmented their issues in proportion, it is plain that it must in that 16 months have eansed a diminution in the sound and health) circulation of commerce to the extent of 24,000,000/. But while it was thus limiting a currency composed of paper founded en gold, every body is aware i;:at a vast deal of spurious paper was destroyed. Commerce was crippled like poor Grimaldi; its sinews were drawn up by cramps hard and painful knots, so that it was wholly lamed like him by its own over-exertions, and at that precise time the Bank of England chose to withdraw from it much healthy sustenance, and cast it helpless on its back. We shall not indulge in reflections. We only state facts ; and we leave commercial men to appreciate the mischief which must have been done to trade by a sound and healthy circulation having been limited, contemporaneously with the destruc tion of much bad paper, to the extent of twenty-four millions. One reflection, indeed, we must make. It is plain that the Bank was enabled to cramp the cir culation without much loss to itself, by the increased rate of interest on the Exchequer Bills, which it sold to get in bullion ; and thus the public was actually taxed, to enable the Bank to exert its mischievous action on the commerce of the country and of the world. After these few remarks, we believe our readers will easily dis cover one of the real causes of our languishing trade, and our fallin revenue. An animated debate took place in the House of Corn. mons last night, from which the publ:c and reporters were excluded, previously to forming the Committee to decide the disputed return for the county of Wicklow. The sit ting Members are both petitioned against on be half of the defeated Candidate, the petition prays that the return shall be declared null and'voi I, and that he shall be declared duly elected. The point on which the debate aro, , , was whether e telt of the two Members should be all owe d :o strike one name from the 33 names brought forth by the Ballot, to form the full Committee, till the number be reduced to 11, for one name which the petitioner struck off, or whether both should strike only one for his one. Tile Act 4 GEo. IV. C, 22, which regulates these matters, declares, that when there are more than two parties before the House, having different inter ests, that each of these shall successively strike one from the long list, till it be reduced to eleven. Now as Mr. AcToN petitioned against both Members who stood on the liberal interest, and were supported by pretty much the same voters ; it was alleged by the advocates of the pe- titioner, and of course by all the Tories, that the two sitting Members should together hare only one strike. The al vocates of Messrs. GRATTAN and HOWARD, as Mr. AcToN demands to have one seat, con ended, that he might rcduc( their majority below his present minority, and they would have to contend which of thorn should have the second seat ; that consequently they had separate and distinct interests tf defend, though politically they were identified ; and there fore that each should be allowed a strike. That was the point at issue ; and as the questio❑ bad never been before raised, it was one o; en to doubts ; and honest and con scientious men might take either side, without being Habit to the imputation of improper motives. After a long de bate, the House decided, by 126 to 114, that the sitting Members should each be allowed a strike ; and that the difficult point was not wholly decided on party grounds is evident, because the following Ministerialists voted against it : Baring, F. T.. Cavendish, H. (1, Ebrington, Lord, Euston, Lord, F'azakerley, Gordon, R., Fergusson, Right Hon., Grote, Hawes, Howard( Yougall, Labouchere, Lemon Sir C., Lushington, C., O'Brien, W. S., Seymour, Lord Lefevre, S., Talbot (Glamorgan). Not one Tory, however, so true are they to their party colours whichever side reason may be of, voted for it. Through thick and thin they all followed their new and audacious, but not prudent leader ; and whatever Lord STANLEY Said was law to the flock that waddled, and quacked, and gabbled after him. On the decision, how ever, which, concerning a difficult and undecided ques tion, affords no just grounds for condemning the mo tives of any gentleman, the Times raises a furious howl, quite worthy of the brick-bat and bludgeon Journal. It formerly found every where too much Church—now it finds Protestantism implicated and endangered, by a deci sion on a doubtful point of election law. The Tories are represented as thinking the "Protestant interest entitled to have strike for strike against its assailants." The poor Pro testant interest, however, found two to one against it ; and the Times and PHILLPOTTS must be dreadfully alarmed lest the defeat of last night should be typical of the fate of that Church which PHILLPOTTS adorns by his cha rity, and the Time: upholds by its Christian meekness. We quite agree with our Contemporary, however, that the debate and the decision supply another instance of the unfitness of the House to exercise judicial functions, for even the honesty and uprightness of the Ministerial Mem bars who voted against their party from a conviction, which we think a mistaken o ne, of the justice of the case, cannot redeem the general bad character of the House, confirmed as it was by not one Tory by any chance deviating from the party view of his leader. By the arrival of the packet ship Pensylt'ania at Liver pool yesterday, from the United States, we have received New York papers to the 10th ult. inclusive. They bring advices from Montreal and Quebec to the sth, together with details of the movements of the rebels on the frontier since the date of the last arrivals from Toronto. We re member reading an anecdote of an old Irishwoman who had vowed not to rest quietly in her grave unless indulged be fore her death with a visit to the capital of her native country. Having no other mode of conveyance, she " mounted shanks' mare," and after a painful journey of several days' duration, arrived late in the evening in Dublin. She had heard a good deal hi her time of the Irish Par liament ; so, hurrying to the noble building, now known as the Bank of Ireland, she smote the postern thrice with a part of her person which shall be nameless, and in stantly re-commenced her journey homewards. She had been in Dublin, and was satisfied. In their last exploits" the Canada Patriots, as they style themselves, appear t; have been actuated by much the same motives as the old Iristi woman. After robbing the arsenal of Batavia on the night of the 24th of February, of arms and military stores, and dividing themselves into three bodies, to make a simul taneous attack on Canada from Vermont, Michigan, and the Buffalo district, the patriots boldly crossed the frontier ; but satisfied with touching the British soil, they wheeled round and scampered back again as fast as their legs could carry them. The robbery of the arsenal was a gratuitous outrage, for they took good care to avoid a chance of hav ing to employ weapons of any kind. MACKENZIE'S heroes know the value of courage too well to expose it to anything; like real danger. In the bosom of a patriot it is marvel lously depreciated by the smell of gunpowder, and quite extinguished on the appearance of a scarlet uniform. Of the three invading armies," General Bump-v. of the United States fell in with one, and Colonel WORTH with another, on their return to the American frontier, and—dire to relate—compelled them to lay down their stolen arms, and submit themselves prisoners on a charge of robbery. The " third army" escaped capture by dishinding of its own ac cord, each man flinging his musket behind, to enable hint to run the faster. Thus has terminated the fourth attempt of these sanguinary madmen, to revolutionize the Govern- went of our North American provinces, and to kindle a disastrous and unjust war between England and the United States. We have hitherto deprecated severity ; but we must confess that these repetitions of a crime, which it is the duty of every Government to prevent by every means in its power, have nearly exhausted the feel ings of commiseration with which we regarded the guilt of men whom we believed to be the dupes of three or four unprincipled, reckless traitors. We cannot benceforth dignify with the name of " Revolutionists" any band of brigands attempting an invasion of the Canadian frontier. They must be considered as robbers and murderers, and if taken, it will be the duty of the Executive to punish them as such. On the 27th of February, Sir JOHN COLBORNE, who had assumed the Government of the Lower Province, issued a Proclamation for continuing martial law. Lord GOSFORD was then at Boston, on his return to Englan,l. Colonel Sir GEORGE ARTHUR, the new Governor of Upper Canada, arrived in New York on the Bth ult., on his way to Toronto. We have no account of Sir FRANCIS BOND HEAD'S doings in any of these Papers. It is re ported that Colonel M‘NAB, Speaker of the House of Assembly, is shortly to proceed on an official mission to England. We have very little United States' news in these papers. Neither the Neutrality Bill nor the Sub- Treasury Bill has yet received the sanction of Congress. The Neutrality Bill is violently opposed, notwithstand ing the conviction of the Legislature that a strict oh- servanco of neutral relations is all that is wanted to re store peace to the Canadas. England has much to complain of with regard to this measure. A Bill to enforce a strict neutrality, which originated in the Senate, was rejected by the House of Assembly, and a new Bill substituted, for no earthly purpose that we can divine, ex. cept to cause delay, and, consequently, irritate and annoy the British Government. We must, however, do the Par.- SIDENT the justice to admit, that he has not been wantir.g in his official duty to maintain inviolate the good faith of the Federal Government. The Exchange on England in New York, on the Bth ult., averaged about 7 per cent. The determination of the Banks to resume specie payments occasioned considerabla excitement in the Money Market. We are much gratified in being able to state that the Attorney-General, Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, is favourable to the views of the Abolitionists. In a communication ad , dressed to one of the Anti-Slavery Delegates from Edin burgh, he says, " I can assure you that ever since our in terview at Edinburgh (which opened my eyes) I have taken the most lively interest in the subject ; and nothing shall be left undone on my part to further your humane views." We hope that Sir JoHN CAMPBELL will, as he was not in the House on the occasion of the recent division, take the earliest opportunity of letting his conversion be known in the proper quarter. Our advices from Madrid are of the 27th ult. A Sup plement to the Gazelle of that date contains a dis patch from ESPARTERO to the War Minister, giving an account of LATRE'S engagement with the Carlists on the 21st. The Christino General lays claim to the merit of a complete victory, night only having saved the Carlists from " annihilation." LATER himself was wounded in the hand. The Carlist officers were made prisoners. MEN DIZABAL has signified to Ministers that he will oppose the proposition for accepting M. AGUADO's terms fur the new loan. The ex-Minister of Finance will be violently op nosed by TOREN°, who has substantial reasons for resist ing any attempt to derange the Ministerial scheme. The whole of the Paris Journals of Wednesday have been received, but they contain no intelligence of any inte rest. The Railroad Committee has decided by a majority of fifteen votes against three, that where private Companies undertake to make lines of road on terms as favourable to THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1838 the nation as the Government, the former shall in all 'asrs have a preference. In the following extracts are included paragraphs from the Brussels and German, as well as the French Paper; : LooßoNo, MARCH 27.—0 n the 23d Espartero reached Val ladolid, where he stops to watch the motions of the Count de Negri, of this division, and advances towards Salamanca. Espartero will return to the Ebro; if, after passing the Duero, Negri threatens Madrid, Espartero may interpose with his division of 300 horse, four battalions, and sixteen pieces of cannon. Buerens occupies Palincra, with 9,000 men. Van Halen, who has taken the place of Latre, has entered St Salvador, while the Carlists are marchin g ; in all haste to Me dina du Rio Seco. Th e skill displayed by Espartero has served to enclose the Cailist army between our three divi sions of the Duero. We shall see if he will profit by his ad vantages. Bueren has detached three squadrons and two bat talions against Merino, who, being cut off from the main body of his division, is marching against Burgos and Teware. It is said that his Cavalry desert. Leon el Conde has marched to Echauri. Don Carlos is at Estella, and is said to be willing to agree to an arrangement for the marriage of his son with Queen Isabella.— Constitutionnel. BRUSSELS, APRIL 3.-- A letter from Roulcrs says, " Smug gling is here carried on with constantly increasing audacity. Yesterday a band of 18 smugglers on horseback, well armed, passed through the town in broad daylight. It is said that they had a quantity of silks. Now and then a eouple of mounted Custom-houso Officers show themselves to these troops of smugglers, who bid defiance to the laws of the country." The Chamber of Representatives, in its sitting yesterday, began the debate on the Project of Law relative to Military Pensions. VIENNA, MARCH 26.—We learn by way of Trieste that Achmed Pacha, Chief of the General Staff of the Egyptian Army in Syria, had been brought wounded to Alexandria. He is said to have taken the command of that army in conse quence of the absence of Ibrahim Pacha, who is confined by sickness at Aleppo, and to have fought several unsuccessful actions with the Syrians. There must be great fermentation in Syria, for by the last mail from Constantinople we learn that the Sultan has again ordered large bodies of troops to be embarked for Asia, and that the levy and organisation of re. emits at Constantinople continues. We learn by the same mail that the Austrian Internuncio was preparing to set out for Vienna. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pasta, APRTL 4. Five per Cents., 108 f. 50c 75c. 5.5 c. Three per Cents., 80f. 90c. 85c. 80c. Bank Actions, 2,6601. 2; 6::£ Rente de Naples, 99f. 71 c. 75c. 80c. Roman Five per Cents., 102, Spanish Actives, 234‘14 3 4%. Spanish Passives, 5 5%. Belgian Loan, Five per Cents, 104!i, Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Loan, Three per Cents. 21 20i. Havtian Loan, 480 f. 4901: 4050 Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 5451. EXCHANGEL ON LoNuoa. Onemonth, paper, 25f. 50c ; money, 25f. 4714 c Three months, paper, 25f. :37%r. money, 251. 35 e , LAST PRICES. Five per Cents. 108 f. 90e. Three per Cents. SI f. 10c. Bank Actions, 2,662 f. &lc. Romans ' 102. Belgian Loan, 104 1 , 4 . Belgian Bank, 1,440 f. Portuguese Three per Cents., 21. Haytlan Loan, 495 f. Spanish Actives, 23%. Spanish Passives, 5%. BELGIAN 1. U NDS—Bausem.s, APRIL 4. Actual Deist, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. Jul i Loan of Thirty Millions 943( Loan of City, 1832. 4 per Cent 98% Society of Commerce, 4%per Cent l7O Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent ll4 National Society . —Brussels Papers, April 4. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, Mancil 27. - !r Cents. Metalliques r Lents. Bank Shares —4llgemeine Zeitung,:April 1. Four per Cents. NEGRO SLAVE APPRENTICESHIP The Anti-slavery Delegates met at Brown's Hotel, at two o'clock yes. terday afternoon, and after a full discussion of the subject, it was un animously agreed that they would not in any way interfere with Lord Glenelg's Bill, now before the House of Commons. Some of the gen. tlemen present expressed strong indigation at the way in which this Bill had been brought forwards, to defeat the motion of Sir George Strickland, after the assurance given in the House of Lords that it should ngt interfere with Lord Brougham's Bill, haring the same object. itiC meeting adjourned to half-past six o'clock, at the Guildhall Hotel, when it wog unanimously resolved that notice of a motion after the recess should forthwith be given, for the immediate and entire abo. lition of the apprenticeship. A protest against the Bill of Lord Glenelg was drawn up and ordered to be immediately printed, and a Sub-Corn inistgc appointed to prepare an address to the country, to be submitted for the approvgl of a joint meeting of the Central Committee and the Delegates, to be hold 4 four o'clock this afternoon.----April 6. 1838. At a meeting of the Anti-slavery Delegates, held at the Guildhall Coffee-house, London, this sth April, 1838, the following Protests were unanimously adopted, viz.:— 1. We protest against the Bill to amend the Slavery Abolition Act, now under the consideration of the House of Commons, because it is unconstitutional in its character, unwise in its policy, and dangerous in its tar,dency, to the peace, stability, and prosperity of the British Colonies. 2. We prois4t against the Bill because it is designed to supersede a measure for the imiegdiate and entire emancipation of the Negroes; and thereby to continue a system of Gaud, injustice, and Cruelty, whirls 116.11bsgm indignantly reprobated by the united voice of the British people. 3. Wa ',finest against the Bill, because, as a measure proposing to give protection to the negroes, it is so constructed as to ensure its own 44*a—to engender hostile feelings on the part of the colonists to the Mother country—to increase the animosity of the planters towards their bondsrmen.,,,and to deepen the feelings of disappointment and dis_ Content in the breasi.s pf the negroes at the prolongation of their nu insirous, aggravated, and unmerited wrongs. 4. Finally, we respectfully, but emphatically, protest against the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers, in superinducing on a motion for the termination of the Apprenticeship system, in the British Colonies, on the first of August next ensuing, the Bill to amend the Slavery Abolition Act, notwith►tanding their own declaration in the House of Peers, that the Government measure should in no wise interfere with a Bill, the same in principle and object with the motion already specified, then under consideration in that House. 5. The Anti-Slavery Delegates having thus, in the discharge of a solemn and painful duty, protested against the Bill to amend the Slavery Abolition Act, and also against the conduct which her Majesty's Minis. tars have thought it right to pursue in reference to that Bill in the House of Commons, do consider the whole responsibility of that mea sure to rest with her Majesty's Government and the British Perna ment, who, having the power, have refused to exercise it, in the per formance of a great act of national justice, to a much injured and long oppressed portion of her Majesty's subjects. signed, on behalf of the Delegates, W. T. BLAIR, Chairman. FRENCH SPECULATION. The spirit of speculation is raging to an extraordinary extent on the Paris Stock Exchange, and every post brings particulars of schemes started, and of manoeuvres practised by schemers, which bear a close re semblance to the state of things here in 1825, The frenzy in Paris has attained to such a height, it seems, as at length to have attracted the attention of the GoversiMellt and the Chamber of Deputies, where re pressive laws for checking the spirit of gambling abroad, and for punish ing the unprincipled speculators and projectors, appear to be contem plated. In the recent discussions upon a new bankrupt law Revere! Mem bers of the Legislature expressed themselves with great warmth reapeetinar the "cunning schemers fleecing blind victims with impunity," and the reflecting rashness with whi c h " so man y peop l e were t h row i ng themselves into a career of blind h azar d , an d see ki ng f ortune b y t h e m ost incur'. eeivable means." . . . " Commercial disorganization," says M. Teste, "is imminent ; di sas t ers w ill f o ll ow, an d shortly victims will be innumerable, and the infatuation of the country dearly paid for." The extent to which schemes have been multiplied in France is surprising, the regular share lists quoting the juices of nearly 500 public companies ofall worts, besides a variety of other affairs not sufficiently reputed to be favoured with a quotation. Among other manoeuvres to entrap dupes recourse has been had to distant lands. It is a common trick, as stated in a letter from Waaltington, to delude European capitalists with highflown representations of the value of certain lands in the United States, of which an example was stated at a recent sitting of the Academy of Sciences at Paris. A memoir had been present" by a M. Warden about the discovery of certain mines of copper in the ter. ritory of Wiiicousin, founded upon a report of one Stambaugh, repre. sented by himself or others as having been employed by the American Government to examine or survey that part of the Union. In this re . port Stambaugh pretended that the mines extend over a surface of more than four hundred acre., and that the mineral is found at eighteen inches below the soil, and becomes more rich according to the depth. Gross as was this falsehood, it produced all the effect calculated, dupes having been found to purchase the lands for 100,000 dol., who would not have given 5,000 dollars had the slightest knowledge been possessed of their real mineral value. With respect to Stambaugh, it was en. tirely false that he had ever been employed by the Government of the United States to examine the country, nor was it indeed at all likely he should have been, from his utter ignorance of mineralogy, the man in fact being no more than a suttler to one of the military posts on the In dian territory. It is indeed impossible to take up a French paper without encountering advertisements for numberless new companies fur alj sorts of objects, from railroads, I ron an d coal mines, down to " galvanised iron," " lithographic stones," Ir swan p and stearine," and even for "the discovery of mines of coal and bassinet' in the district of Scnlis," with a multitude of others not at all less extrava. gant, The causes of this irrational and gamblingrnania are variously ac counted for, but it seems to be considered that the reduction of the general rate of interest, the higher prices of the funds, by which the return upon them is reduced in reality to about 4 per Cent„ and the reduction of the 5 per Cents., still talked of, and more or less remote:) , likely to be effected, combined with the abundance of money arising from a generally increasing prosperity of trade daring so many years of peace, have jointly tended to produce this state of speculative eaciternent. The reduction or the Fives by 1 per Cent, is calculated seriously to affect the smaller classes of rentjers in their means of subsistence, and this seduces them too readily to embark in any fine.worked scheme by which their annuities would apparently be Considerably increased, • Lord Charles Fitzroy paired o ff against the moti on of Lord Chandos, and the story of big dismissal f or not having voted, is only one of the basele ss fabrications o f t h e Tories. BIRTH.—On the 2d inat., the Lady of W. It power, of Craven-street, Esq., of a daughter. A PAT It IA RC FIA L PA R T Y.—At the Parish Church of Llanaßa, on Sunday the 18th instant, vt as christened Rebecca, fifth child of Elias Evans, smith, by Mary hi s w i fe. The ceremony was attended by the young Christian's father and mother, her grandfather and grandmother, her great grandfather and great grandmother, and he r great great grandfather, who walked a considerable distance to attend the christening. The party analysed would appear thus— Rebecca is the daughter of Elias Evans, smith, of Edward Evans, smith, son of William Evans, smith, whos e w i fe Mary, is daughter of Edward Jones, the great great grand. father, late warrener of Llanasa, who died in his 93d year, and who has now living more than 160 deseendants.—Carnar. von Herald. We understand that the Directors of the London and Westminster Steam-boat Company, in order to teat tho plan so strenuously supported by Captain Basil Hall, have or. dered one of their vessels to be fitted up with the wheel at the head inste4d of the Stein? ELECTION COMMITTEES. (THIS DAY.) The Committee had not decided on the vote when our reporter left. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY The Master of the Rolls this morning gave judgment in the IV lowing cases : DAINTREE V. WATSON'. The petition in this case was dismissed with costs. CHERRY V. BOULTBEE. The plaintiff in this case was the assignee of Thomas Boultbee, bank rupt, now deceased, and the bill was filed against the executor of Ca. therine Frances Boultbee, the testatrix in the cause, praying that the plaintiff as such assignee might be declared to be entitled to a legacy of 2,0001. with interest from the death of the testatrix, and to a legacy of 5001. with interest from the death of Catherine F. Boultbee; and that the necessary accounts might be taken, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the defendant had assets to pay those legacies. Thomas Boultbee was indebted in certain sums to Catherine Frances Boultbee, and in the month of November 1821, a Commission of Bank ruptcy issued against him, and the plaintiff became his assignee. Catherine F. Boultbee did not prove her debt under the Commission, but in December 1821, she made a will whereby she directed her executors to invest 2,0001. in their names in the public funds or real Securities, in trust to receive the interest during the life of Thomas Boultbee, and pay the same into his hands, without the same being liable to be charged in anticipation, and after his death the 2,000/, was limited to such person as he should by will appoint. The testatrix died in September, 1822. The executors stated that the assets were insufficient to pay the legacies in full, but that, after the death of Catherine Boult. bee, they paid certain sums on account of the legacies. Thomas Boult. bee died in December 1823, without even having obtained his certificate under the commission : and the question was, whether the executors had a right to set off the legacies given to the uncertificated bankrupt, against the debts due from him at the time of his bankruptcy p His Lordship was of opinion they had not. The conclusion to which he had come in this case differed from the decision of Sir John Leach in ex-parte Mann ; and if there were not special circumstances in that Case, he was afraid the two de c i s i ons wou ld b e i nconsistent with one another. FEREDAY V. MACHIN. His Lordship was of opinion the costs of this suit' ought to be paid out of Mr. Fereday's share of the partnership property, the whole of the litigation having been occasioned by his conduct. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. The decrease in the present Quarter's and Yearly revenue has not had any unfavourable effect on the British Funds to the present hour. On the contrary Consols, which closed yesterday at 93i f for the account, opened this morning at 'J I, and for next time, 03f with lithe doing, as yet. Exchequer Bills, 63 (Si ; India Bonds, 68 70 ; Bank Stock for opening 2901. In the Foreign Market scarce any thing doing, and the prices are much the same as yesterday. Spanish Active, 21i A, with coupons ; Portuguese, SO- 31 ; Three per Cents., 20 1 21 ; Belgian, 103; ; Bra :Man, 76 77 Ex-dividend ; Mexican, 273 28i ; Colombian, 28i1.1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cent s., 53} 5 4. The private letters from New York say that affairs have improved a little, and that the Bank will resume specie payments on the 16th March. The returns relative to the trade of Canada show the following re sults. There arrived at Quebec and Montreal, during the year 1637, 653 vessels from Great Britain, employing 9,633 men, and of the aggregate burden of 229,464 tons. The value of the goods im. ported by them was 1,301,124/. From Ireland 179 vessels, em ploying 2,289 men, and of 5'2,889 tons burden, arrived during ! the same period. The imports by these vessels amounted to 20,1321. Frmn other ports of Europe 37 vessels arrived, employing 338 men, and bringing goods valued at 69,0641. From the British North American Colonies 132 vessels, employing 803 men, and having on board goods to the value of 21,5581. arrived. From the United States 9,2101, worth of goods were imported in 39 vessels, on board of which 632 men were employed. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Rank Stock 3% ner Cent.... ••• • - Ditto Red .... . • New 3% per Ce . ... . 10111,W 4 3 pie; Cent. Annuities, 1751_ —. New 5 per gent.. ..... ........ ... Exch. Bills, £l,, sil 66 64 C 6 11R1 B•mk Long An nu lti e stoexpire Ditto 500 66 61 OS on. Oct. 10 Jan. 5, 1860 15% Ditto Small 66 64 66 pm Jan , 1859 11 13— 6; Ditto Commercial - pm. . 5, 1860 15%l Ditto Advertised pin Jan._ 5, a9O —lBank Stock for Account April 5,1880 _ Jan. 5, 100... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Atatrian Bonds . Belgian ,• for Account —. India stock for Account... 267 tS;, 7 I Congols for Account 93 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. i Peruvian Bonds ..... ~,tan Bonds Ditto Acccuot • Brazilian Bonds . Ditto Account 8 7e:.:OA Ayres 80n415 Ditto Aeuount Bonds ..... ...... ....• Account C.V umlatan Boma Ditto Account ..... C3 lambiln Bonds, :5‘..4 Ditto Account Dini,ll Bonds 7 45•Z Ditto Account Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1925 Ditto Account ..... Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent -.- Ditto Account Ditto, tf per cent. Ditto Account Neaiolitan Ditto Account.... ,• .,,,.,,,• Portuguese Bonds - Ditto Account Ditto New 80n4.! 307.‘14 Ditto Account ... D,ttc, 3 per cent.... ........ Pni:sian Bands Russian Bondi, 18 00 lllli Ditto Account Ditto Metallic ...... Spanish Bonds ............ Ditto Acc0unt........... • Ditto Bonds, Mit 21 1 ,0;, Ditto Account French, 5 per cent. ... ..... —1 ---- 4 per cent. 3 per cent. Exchange —c. Dutch, `2Y4 per cent 51% 3% Ditto Account ..... 5 per cent 91) %1i% Ditto Account PRICES OF SHARES THI, S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share. 50 14 106: •ed 631. 10s. NI. British Iron Company Rea !del Monte Mining Co., Register Ditto Unregistered — 15 Birmingham and Derby Railway Company 3O 28 Bristol and Exeter Railway Company lO 8 Flistern Cotintii•s , Railway 5 5 34 Great Western Railway Company 65 91% 1 Brighton Railway Cornpans* 8 lo 54 yi London and 13Iackwall Railway London and Birmhigham Railway Comp any 9O 179% 9 London and Croydon Railway Company .ii : tichester and Birmingham Railway 7 10 9% Northern and Eastern Railway Company Asphalte, Claridge's Patent . London Caoutchnuc Company London Joint Stock Bank 7 7 London Parcels delivery Company ProVincial Bank of Ireland 25 41% HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols continue steady, at 931 / for the Account, and 03f 4 for M on ey, little doing. Exchequer Bills, 66 prem. ; India Bonds, 70 prem. ; Bank Stock, 2054 ex-dividend ; India Stock, 267. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 211 i ; Portuguese, 504; Three p e r Cents. 20f ; Dani s h , 74} ; D utc h Two-and-a- Half per Cents. lower, 53 ;ti . In shares, Asphalta 164 to 18; London and B r i g hton, 10} 4. / Great Western, 91 ; B r iti s h I ron, 1 4 16 4 . THREE O'CLOCK. Console for the Account, 931 i. The King has engaged to make up to the widow of General Damremont the pension of 10,000 francs which the Government proposed to the Chambers. Madame Damremont has been admitted to the King and Queen to present her ac knowledgments.—Galignani. About six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon the inha bitants of the lower part of Fleet -street were alarmed by a loud e xplosion, proceeding from a printing office in Peterbo rough-court. It appears that a steam-boiler had burst, through some defect of the metal, and had carried away the whole of the machinery attached to it. The concussion b"oke a large number of panes of glass in the windows of the neighbouring helices, and destroyed the ceiling o f t h e room in which the en o no was placed. Two persons were slightly injured. The last link of the chain of falsities and fabrica tions which appeared, as a defence of the Rossmore policy in Monaghan, in a late number of the Evening Post, has been knocked asunder in a letter from Henry Grattan, M.P. Mr. Grattan totally denies the insinuation of " Vindex," that he has neglected to register his tenants; and informs him, more over, of his belief in a political principle, which must be new to a disciple of the liossmore school—viz., that the landlord has no claim upon the franchise of his tenant, and he adds that many of his tenants in Monaghan use their votes against the candidate supported by him. It is amasinz to see haw en tirely every statement put forward in this manifesto has been demo li s h e d, from the calumny upon Mr. Reilly to the inuendo against Express says--1C The s t A H r a the facetious author of the Papers" had f e l t di sposed to caricature the i "Pickwick Grattan,—Pilot proceedings of the little town of Muggleton, he could sparsely have found & bettey model for his satire, Ono in t'ne 4 t sayings and doings" of the " potent, grave, and reveren d se i gn i ors, " the destinies of the to wn o f H alifax, and who are km:mu as the " Back-lane f F li Ftient ," familiarly isawriaiy HULL. The Committee met this morning at ten o'clock, when the examination of James Goddard was again proceeded with, relative to the vote of Richard Conkerton. The objection was ultimately withdrawn in conse quence of the absence of a witness. Edward Acre was next objected to. Samtal Cavill, who resides at Barton, near Hull, was examined by Mr. Hill. He stated that there are 24 voters at Barton; and that about a week, before the election Mr. Cattley, of Hull, visited them for the purpose of soliciting their votes. The party met at a beer.shop kept by a person named Whiteley, and the voters were allowed to drink what they liked, not being called upon to pay for anything. On the Friday before the election, Mr. Cattley again met them at the Swan, where they had as much rum, gin, or brandy as they chose, for which no payment was demanded. On the Monday morn ing the parties left Barton in the steamer, and on landing imme. diately proceeded to the poll, atter which they went to the Humber Tavern, where they breakfasted by direction of Mr. Cattley. They all dined at the Humber Tavern, and continued drinking until half.past eight at night, when they returned to Barton, pretty well " freshed," as the witness expressed it. Nothing was paid by them for the enter tainment which they received. A yre was one of the pasty. The Committee struck ofFthe vote. Edward Cherry was next objected to, but there not being sufficient proof of identity the vote was retained. ALDON. At the sitting of the Committee this morning, Mr. Sergeant Maas- WETileit, on the part of the petitioners, said that after the decisions of the Committee yesterday he did not think it would be prudent to incur any further expense, and should, therefore, withdraw the petition. The Committee then declared Mr. Round to be duly elected, and that the petition was not frivolous or vexatious, neither was the opposition thereto. KINSALE. The Committee met this morning at eleven, when Mr. Andrews said he woulkt otter no further evidence in the case of Arthur Buttle. The rote was then retained. Timothy Casey was objected to by the petitioners, on the ground that his house in the marketplace was of insufficient ♦alue. Witnesses were called in support of the objection, who stated the property to be not worth more than tSI. or 71. a year. On the other side, the landlord declared the house to be worth more than I Of., and other witnesses cor roborated his tcstimony, stating the house to be situated in the best part of the market. wisesa V. Fl3llBa. The object of this suit was to have a declaration of the rights of the parties interested under the will •f the testator Robert Fisher, and the principal question in the cause was, in what order the assets of the testator were to be applied in payment of his debts. His Lordship was of opinion the debts, funeral and testamentary expenses were primarily charged upon, and ought to be borne by the freehold, customr-ry freehold, and copyhold estates; and if such estates were more than sufficient fur the payment of the debts, funeral and tes tamentary expenses, one seventh part thereof was undisposed of by the will, and had descended to the testator's heir-at-law. The real estates would have to be sold, and if they were sufficient for the payment of the debts, there would be an end of the question. MONEY and COMMERCIAL MARKET (From the Morning Papers of this day, Friday.) MORNING CHRONICLE.—Every thing continues to look cheerful in the English Stock Market, and Consols advanced a little in the early part of the day, but closed the same as yesterday--namely, 931 to for money and the 10th instant, and 93} to if for the May account. Exchequer Bills have fallen one shilling in the premium, and were last marked at 631. to 655. premium. There has been but little doing to-day in the Share Market generally, and some of the railway undertakings have receded slghtly in their quotations. Birmingham, old, left off at 87 to 89 prem. ; ditto new, 26i to 27i prem.; Southampton, 451 to 461 per share; ditto new, 21-ir to 22i prem.; Great Western, 25k to 264 mein. ; Manchester and Birmingham, 2; to 3* prem. ; Leeds and Manchester, 16 to 18 prem. ; Birmingham and Derby, 3i to 94 dis. ; Brighton, 2 to a prem. ; Black wall, 2to prem. ; Croydon, 3 to 2 dis. ; ditto new, 4 to 5 prem. ; Greenwich, 4 to 3 dis. ; North Midland, 6 to 7 prem. ; and Eastern Counties, par to prem. British Iron Shares have advancedl a little, and closed at 14 to 15 per share. The last price of the Asphalte de Seyssel Shares was 134 to 14k prem. Mexican securities advanced 4 per cent , in consequence of a report circulated by certain persons, that the Legislature bad approved of the amendments made in the decree in reference to the conversion of the debt, but we cannot learn that there was any authority for the state ment. The last price was 27; to ; Spanish Active left off at 21 g to a, or 201 to 21A ex Coupons ; Portuguese Five per Cents,, 30k to 81; ditto Three per Cents., 20,1 to 21 ; Dale!' securities advanced about per cent, in the morning, but receded again towards the close of busi. ness, and closed at 99* to k for the Five per Cents, and 53; to 54 for the Two-and-Half per Cents. Belgian left off at 103* to ; ; Colombian, 284 to ; ; Peruvian, 20k to 21i : and Brazilian, 76 to 77. Another letter from " A Friend to Mexico" appears as an advertise. ment in the Times of this day, in reference to our remarks upon the conversion of the Mexican debt. It does not, however, in any way inva lidate our allegations, and is merely the angry ebullition of some disap. pointed individual. We again repeat, that until the Government of Mexico ratifies the alterations and amendments made in the decree by the meeting of bondholders, the bonds issued under this arrangement are mere Waste paper. Don Augustin Iturbide had no authority whatever to sanction any change being made In the decree. We will tell all we know, if this system of advertising unsupported contradictions is continued, and let the world into the secrets of the new loan which " A Friend to Mex. ico" denies was ever contemplated. We fear we have been too much received in the business. " A Friend bo Mexico" says, in allusion to us, " His motives for this are too well known, and the other motives which have animated him throughout are also well known, and shall be made public in due time." Our motives cannot be mistaken. We at once saw through a most scandalous scheme to deceive and obtain Rio ney from the public, and our object has therefore been to expose the business, and prevent the bondholders being duped ; these are our mo. tives. To show, however, how little " A Friend to Mexico" knows about us, it is merely necessary to mention that this very stupid person calls us a " vender of oranges." We will not, however, say anything more about this letter at present, as there is a packet in fr..m Mexico, which may put us in possession of further information ; but in the mean tame we strongly advise " A Friend to Mexico" not to say too much about certain individuals, in connection with the panic of last year ; for he will force us to tell what we know on this subject also, TIMES.—The appearance of the Stock-market did not undergo any particular change to-day. Consols left off at 931 to for Money and Account. Bank Stock was a shade better, being 209} to 2101, and In dia Stock 266 to 7 for the opening. Exchequer-bills, 645. to 665.; In dia Bonds, 70s. premium. Dutch Bonds improved to-day—the Two.and.a.Half per Cents, to 53% te 4 ; the Fire per Cents., 991 to Spanish Active, after an advance to 21; to 2, closed at 21 % to 1. Portuguese Five per Cents. were 3014 to 1 ; the 'three Tier Cents. 20 }ti to 1. Mexican were rather better, the closing quotation being 27 % to 81 ; Colombian, g4i to %; Brazilian, 78 to 7. The market for railway shares was rather heavy. Manchester and Birmingham declined to 2 % to 31 ; Southampton New, to 211 to 14 premium ; Brighton were 2 to 1 ; Blackwell, 2 to 1; Great Western, 2514 to Gi ; North Midland, 6 to 7; Eastern Counties, par to 1 pre mium ; Claridge's Patent Asphalte, 131 to 14 1 ,4 premium ; British Iron, 14 to 15 per share. The Mexican packet Hope, brings letters and papers from the city of Mexico to the Ist, from Vera Cruz to the Gth, and from Tampico to the 10th of February. The aspect of commercial affairs was improving, and business, particularly in Tampico, had been remarkably brisk. Within a short time previous to the sailing of the packet a ceneider able number of traders from the interior had arrived at that port, and made purchases to the amount of 500,000 dollars. The packet is re ported to bring about 800,000 dollars in bars and specie. Along with the documents relating to the conversion of the debt operated here some time since, the President had sent a message to the Congress explana_ tory of the details and of the progress of the negotiation. From this it appears, that on the 4th of November last he had fully confirmed the powers of the Envoy its London, along - with the Minister of Finance, for effecting the arrangement concluded. He states that with re spect to some of the particulars of the plan originally proposed by the Government, alluding to the allotment of lands in payment of the large arrears of dividends over due, ob. jections had been started, attributable to certain parties in this country interested in certain grants of land in Texas, or connected with the insurgent Government of that Province. He concludes by approv. in g the change which had been made by the official agents here in the Government plan to meet the suggestions of the bondholders, and re commends the speedy ratification of the agreement to Congress. A Committee was named by that body to take the matter into considera tion, who had reported their opinion in favour of its ratification. The following letter has been addressed by the Mexican Minister of Finance to the house in London, which has undertaken the conversion of the English debt : " I have received and laid before his Excellency the President your letter of the 14th of last November, wherein you inform me of having delivered in bonds of the New Five per Cent. consolidated Fund to the amount of 357,1501. sterling, as also the equal amount of those of the deferred stock, receiving in exchange their equivalent value in old bonds of the Five and Six per Cent. loan, which, in conformity with the ar. rangements made with the Committee of Mexican bondholders, you have deposited with the Bank of England. " By command of his Excellency the President, I have already in. formed you (in my letter of the 29th of December, a duplicate of which is annexed) that the Government not having the power to ratify and confirm the amendments made in the decree of the 12th of April, 1837, by the arrangement entered into with the bondholders on the 15th of September last, intended to solicit the requisite authority from Congress for that purpose. " In pursuance thereof, the Government, after having consulted with the Council, sent a message to the Legislature on the 10th of the pre. sent month of January, and laying at the same time before the House all time particulars relating to this important business, requesting to be ful) , empowered to confirm and ratify the alterations made in the origi. nal decree, and introducing a short Bill, which was immediately referred to the Finance Committee of the Chamber of Deputies. " The Committee has already reported in favour of the measure, and recommended the Chamber to pass the Bill, and it may be expected that the House will adopt the recommendation of their Committee, of which I shall immediately inform yon, and likewise his Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary to the British Court for his Government in this weighty and important affair, which so intimately concerns the good name and opinion of this Republic, and the interests of its stock holders. " And the President further desires me to manifest unto you his earnest expectations that you will continue to give your cordial and zealous cooperation for the complete fulfilment of this important trans action with the same efficacy and patriotism which have hitherto dis tinguished you. Receiving the assurance of my particular esteem, I salute you. " BOCANEC;RA." Letters have been received from Lima to the 4th of January, and from Valparaiso to the 29th of December. There was a great outcry in Chili against Blanco and Irisarri, who had concluded the convention of Arequipa with Santa Cruz. They were publicly branded as traitors and cowards. Another expedition was talked of against Peru, which the President Prieto had offered to command in person. The letters front Lima express the belief that this new expedition would not be pro ceeded with, and that the disputes between Chili and Peru will be set. tied under the mediation of Great Britain. MORNING{ POST.—The English Securities advanced a fraction to-day, and the Spanish and Portuguese Funds were also rather more favour. ably quoted, but the transactions continue very limited in both Markets. Nothing positive has yet transpired with respect to the revenue; it seems to be the opinion of many well-informed persons, however, that the quarter's accounts, which are to be made up this evening, will turn out to be less discouraging than the public have been led to believe, and it is probably owing to some intimation to this effect from the west-end of the town that the improvement in the Stock Markets is to be attri. buted. Consols left off at 03% to for Money and for the Account, Exchequer Bill 4 were quoted 645. to 665. prem. ; Bank Stock for the opening 2004 to 210; Active Spanish Bonds, including the arrear of dividends, 214 to 21i ; Five per Cent. Portuguese, 003 to 301 Three per Cent, ditto, 204 to 20/ ; Columbian, 084 to 28i; Five per Cent. Dutch, 994 to 994, and Two.and.a. Half per Cent. ditto 54 to 6. The Mexican packet Hope has arrived with advice* from the city of Mexico to the 31st of January, but as they communicate no. thing of importance, they have had little or no influence on the Market for the Bonds. The quotation remains stationary at 274 to 28, It was expected that the decision of the Mexican Legislature concerning the proposed conversion of these interests might have come to hand by the present arrival, but nothing seems to have been made known upon the subject. An early arrangement is greatly to be desired, as the most discreditable attempts are made from day to day through Ow agency of the Press by the bears on the one hand, and the bulls on the other, to mislead the public with regard to this matter. The Stock Exchange puffing system has become so barefaced of late, that individuals cannot be too much on their guard. That the proceedings at the City of Lon don Tavern last autumn were conducted in anything but a spirit of im. partiality, we are perfectly ready to admit, and wo expressed our disap. probation of them at the time; but many of the bondholders who at. tended the meeting were evidently impressed with the idea that the con. venion would be a beneficial measure, and it was the fault of those who were disposed to resist it that they did not attend in sufficient numbers to give etnct to their opposition. We see no ground whatever for mak. ing scurrilous attacks on the respectable house charged with the exe cution of the scheme. These gentlemen have, there is no doubt, acted fully up to the instructions received by them from the Mexican authorities. Moarrixa HERALD.—It is now pretty well understood amongst the monetary circles that the speculation of sending bullion to the United States has failed, as we predicted, in c , nsequence of the advance in the exchanges in that republic upon this country, and the reduction of the premium upon silver and gold. The Bank of England direction have therefore, determined, as we understand, not to forward the amount of bullion to the United States which they cont emplated some th ree weeks past. We believe that they have not shipped more than one.fourth part of the sum they intended—say 500,0001, and that they have paid for. felt-freight for that which now could not be sent without a serious loss. In this matter the Bank direction are considered to be perfectly cor rect, inasmuch as it is held that it would be inconsistent with their duty to their proprietary Untied attem States pt to compete with the wild schemos of Mr. Biddle, ofßank, who seems, if it may be judged from his late transactions, to have adopted the ilbitlidtous and dangerous character of merchant, or general dealer and hanker, There has been but very little altefation in tire character of the Money Market to-day ; the British Funds continue fully to maintain the quotations of last evening, and t h ere have been a few investments madeunt in the h the ea Threc-and-vier securities. Consols left offal 934 a Money and ° ; a-llalf per Reduced are for the opening, and the New Cents. Three.and-a-Half per Annuities Cents. 1101 ii a a ; Bank S:ock is 210 for the opening The premium upon Exchequer Bills is 04 a 66 ; and India Bonds, marked for renewal, are 70 premium The foreign Market has bee n rather dull, but there has not been any and h quotatioi:s of any moment. Dutch Stock closed at 53Z, t i l v w es are 991 a 4 ; Po r t uguese Old Five 01),per Vent. Bonds are per Cents. are 30i a 4 and the Three per Cents. ditto thet at e i ldii New F Five There are 20/ a 4. ere has not heen anything new in the accounts froll Mex i co at ail Ca16U17410(1 to improve the character of the securities of that liGpUhiiQ, and the holders are beginning to become extremely anxious that some speedy adjustment of ttic , debts of that Republic should be finally arranged, bragilian Bonds are 76i, Colombian are qq, and MIRICaII sit Ptr Cents. 28 ; Belgian Bonds are 103 j a I, and F rt i ne h Three per Cents, are 811, with the Exchange at 25f. 50e 1 The Share Market has b een very flat all day, iwcl tVaussictiwa scarcely require potation, British, Iruq pr; ,'A3.4 tbs. ; Asphalte .)4nY's Shares are 1,1 prem. • i tpitioniai Batik are 1 prem ; London and WntillipAg aio 1 ; and London Joint Stock par to Nearly two hundred individ u ial4, is said, have agreed to emigrate from Oimpt k elis i g:n, near Nairn, and its ?AIWA , Wales.--Aberdeen THE ITALIAN OPERA. b Donizetti. the serious opera of L u ci a di L ammermoor, t h e mus i c This opera, it is stated, w as fi rs t p ro d uce d i n P ar i s, so recently as De. Last night was performed at h er M a j esty ' s Th eatre, f or th e fi r st time, great, to into this have induced the manager o f our es t a bli s h ment to i mport it cannot se eember last. It's popularity, th ere f ore, must h ave b een ver y country in so much comp a r a ti ve h aste. N ow we confess we he e anything in the productio n t o b ear hi m out i n t h e lofty expectations snot must have entertained of it s transcen d ent mer i ts. The music I distinguished from the common r un o f mo d ern I ta li an operas t 7 3 .17 , originality of style, or anything p ecu li ar l y str iki ng i n i ts e ff ects, . certainly very pretty, and a grea t d ea l o f i t well calculated to show 011 the powers of the singers into whose hands it has been Con6eled. B it is exceedingly li g ht, an d muc h of it very common placesw wearying us with the rep e titi on, a d nauseant, of the well knot , phrases of the Italian school. The composer does not eppeiti td degree, whenever they pr esente d t h emselves to his mind. The scene have given himself th e t rou bl e t o vary those phrases in the sllg ;eel: laid in Scotland, and yet he has never in one single instance availed himself of those beautifully characteristic melodies which the very name of Scotland ever presents to a musical mind. Nay, he has not even throughout his opera introduced a single piece in that well known style of modulation of the Scottish national airs. The opera itself Is deno. minated Lucia di Lammermoor, but if any frequenter of her Majesty's theatre last night went down to the house in expectation of being re. minded of Sir Walter's inimitable tale, he would have been wellinet disappointed. Lucia might have resided in any other district than Lammermoor, and in any other country than Calederria, for any thing that could be gathered from the perrurnlanee, unless it were that one or two of the characters were arrayed in some sort of dress that bore a faint resemblance to the Highland garb. Lord Henry Ashton, or Enrico, was personated by Signor Tarnburnel Lucia (Lord Ashton's sister, In this feeble vertion of the tali : ), by Madame Persiani ; Sir Edgar Ravenswood, by Signor Rte'rdni ; Lord Arthur Bucklaw, by Signor Tati and Raymond Bideteent (preceptor and confidant of Lucia), by Signor Morelli. There was no overture to the opera, but a slow movement, very graceful and beautiful in its come binatious, in which the horns bore a conspicuous ;:art, led into a chorus, which chorus, like nearly every one in the opera, was a very common place affair. Tamburini, on his entree, 17:;5 received with very enthusi astic tokens of recognition, and !Wily repaid the favour with which, he was honoured by the auditory in the splendid style in which be sang throughout the evening. " Crude, funesta smania," the fire.. compo sition in which he had an opportunity of exhibiting 'the powers of his majestic voice, was superbly sung. Persiani drat presented herself to the audience in the fourth scene of the first act, and in a cavatina, commencing " Ancor nett guinse," came up to the highest conception her friends had formed of her extraordinary abilities. 'Luny, but was g i ven with a clearness It is a compositi on o f i mmense difii of voice, a facility and brillianc y of execution, and a certainty in reach ing the highest notes., that could only be compared to a well.practised instrument in the hands of a skilful performer. Persiani, however, appears to be delleient in physical power, for after that extraordinary effort, she pang out of tune through great part of the opera. She recc. vered herself towards its close, and in the mad scene, again sang with the same brilliancy and certainty, which had distinguished her commencing exertions. Signor Rubini was also greeted by the audience gee his entrance with several rounds of applause. He sang s;eendidly throughout, and towards the end of the opera, in " Tomb', degli avi," sang with such exquisite pathos, such singular depth of fe e li ng, as not simply to affect, but actually within our own obsery 'cion t o d raw tears from many of the au di ence, He was encored. 'lean acquitted himself very respectably in B ucklaw, and was muds applauded in severa l of his pieces ; and *ache who:sustained tlee part of Raymond, has an ex cellent voice, although rather weak i n some of the lower notes, and sans in a style that stamped him an accomplished musician. He is an aequisition to the theatre, Of the other characters it is wholly unne cessary to speak. The tborusses, we have already said, were but indit. ferent compoeilleni,!and in addition to their want of importance in that respect, they were very indifferently sung. The orchestra, in parts, did g. so well as we ha' been accustomed to hear it at the Italiaer, but, when the piece hes been repeated, and the performers be erne more familiar with the various compositions this defect will be remedied, no doubt, The house, although Well atteaded, was by no means a crowded eee, and the opera, although well received, was not honoured with par ticularly enthuelestic demonstrations of favour. We should state the opera wee followed by the ballet of Masaniello, which has already been played every night during the present season. DRURY-LAN-t. Last night Mr. Bunn took his benefit, en which OCeasion the variety of attractions presented in the list of entertainments would alone have been sufficient to draw one of the most crowded and brilliant audiences ever assembled within the walls of the theatre. There was the legiti mate drama, farce, ballet, spectacle, and a concert. The play selected was Shakspeare's Merchant of Venice, in which Mr. C. Kean assumed, for the first time on the London boards, the part of Shylock. There are few characters which more ptit to the test the skill and power of an actor ; and for this reason —that it presents no field for the display of those more artificial acquirements o 2 an actor which often supply the place of genius or talent, " hiding the weakness, with fair or nament." It requires that most difficult attainment of histrionic art, the pourtrayal of human passion, not as ;he shallow, yet noisy, current of some agitated streamlet—but as the, deep, though calm, flowing of a mighty river —tranquil, from its vc,ry depth, and only roused to fury by the force of some opposing power. The passion of Shylock is Sit ) deep-seated, that it disclaims to show itself in outward turbulence, or agitation, Except on :One 'occasion, when lashed into frenzy, the fire that has been so l ong smouldering bursts forth with volcanic fury, ha does not deign to clothe his feelings in the too feeble " eloquence of words." There is little scope, therefore, for " action, or utterance,"- - for striking attitude, or graceful demeanour —for loud declamation , or sounding rant. The actor must have recourse to a language, in the command of which consists, after all, his greatest triumphs, be cause, emphatically, they " speak the soul"—the countenance. and eye. Hence ordinary actors utterly fail to make lock intelligible. They give us nothing of that tremer,alo . o _ power of passi on w hi ch alone accounts for the frightful car:,.stroP" which Shylock is willing to produce, and without which, hls story 3P' pears an Impossible exaggeration. The fact is, they make him only revengeful man, with a dark face, and a black beard. We see nothing of the Jew but his exterior. And yet, it was the revenge of a Jews not merely for the insults and contempt which he bad personally received from Antonio, but the revenge which had been bequeathed by the tribe, whose " badge," through bygone ages, had been " sufferance's to their descendants,along with the heritage of ignominy and degradation the accumulation of centuries of oppression and scorn —the inextin guishable, and, to any but a Jew, almost inconceivable rancour of that hate with which, in those days, a Jew regarded a Christian—it was this alone that could have made a Shylock. And to Pourtray this might and strength of passion, requires an energy, a fire, a genius nearly as super. human as itself. The elder Kean, who was so glorious in this character, has been said to have sometimes acted rather beyond than up to nature. But in such a character as this, even he could hardly overact. We have been led to these'remarks, in order to account for the somewhat "faint praise," which we feel bound to award to Mr. C. Kean's personation of the character. Undoubtedly it was a highly talented performance, ex. hibiting a power and a skill combined which no living actor has ~lisp layed in the character. But there was not throughout that sustained majesty of passion with which Shakspeare invests Shylock. O', course we are far from thinking Mr. C. Kean an ordinary actor; but It struck us that he fell in this case too much into the common vulgar idea of Shylock, which we have just noticed, of representing him merely as a revengeful, wicked man —without sufficiently keeping in mind " that ha is a Jew." In short, we saw too much of Mr. C. Kean—we did not behold— " The Jew That Shakspearc drew." Yet there were portions of the performance which it would be diffi cult to rate too highly. Such were the pronounciation of the expostu" lation—_, Signior Antonio, many a time and oft," Bee., and the look of mingled hate and irony with which he regarded Antonio at the words -- " Fair Sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last, Another time you called me dog, And for these courtesies I'll lend you so much money.". The scene with Tubal was admirably played. We seldom., heard anY thing so terrific as his fiendish boast of exultation, when hearing of Antonio's losses— "ls it true? Is it true I thank rod;' Fully as excellent was the delivery of 4.7. at impassioned burst—" Ile hath disgraced me—hindered me of 'dolt a million," &c. There we / something really grand in his uttertmce of the words, " If you wrong us, shall we not revenge ?" There, indeed, we belvfid Shylock himself The trial scene was charge. able with the defect we have before adverted to. But still it was marked with no ordinary power. We particularly admired the calm, imrnovabi e manner in which he walked up to Bassanio, and rejected his offer 0 1 thrice the amount of the bond. " If every ducat in six thousand ducats Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, I would not have them—l would have my bond!" His quiet scorn to Gratiano— .. " Till thou can'st rail the seal from off my bond, Thou but offend'st thy lungs to speak so loud ;" and his look of despair when, as' if struck by a thunderbolt, he dropt the scales, at hearing the decree of Portia. This reminds us of another excellence which we cannot avoid mentioning, the cool, lempossessed way in which, on the enquiry for the scales, he said ( Producing them) — * Oh I have th em ready. " The other parts were well played, especially Miss Romer's Jessica, Mr s . Ternan's Portia, and Mr. Russell's Gratiano ; though last, lot least in our esteem, Mr. Compton, as Launcelot, than which we never saw a mor e humorous piece of acting. We have only time to Say that in the farce of the Mayor of Garratt, Dowton, as Major Sturgeon, and Russell, as Jerry Sneak, made the audience roar with uncontrolable laughter. The in flint pianist, Miss Day, then performed in a manner that at once delighted and astonished us. When we mention that this youthful musician is apparently not seven years old, it will excite surprise to hear, that she executed a difficult fantasia in A style that called down thunders of applause. Then followed some dn. singing by l3alfe, Phillips, Seguin, and Guibelei. Miss Poole gave, in character, the" Merry Drummer," in capital style. She beat the druul with truly military precision. In conclusion, the ballet of " The Daugh ter of the Danuge" was presented with great magnificence. IMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) LD COURT. The trial of A . Myers, for arson, had just commenced When our Re porler Mr. KELLY, Queen's Counsel, is engaged to conduct the prosecution. NEW COURT, PERJURY IN THE HOUSE or COMMONS.— At the sitting of the Court this morning Mr. BALLANTYNE moved that four persons, against whom the Grand Jury had found true bills for wilful and corrupt perjurf. namely, Samuel Sheppard, Enoch Ward, Samuel Plant, and F.oberl Clallymore, be allowed to enter into their own recognizances in the suns of lOW. each, to appear to take their respective trials when called ul ) °°' The COII3ION SEILIEANT said that as this was the ordinary course hI should feel no difficulty in granting the application. "fie expressed a hope that this would be the last he should hear of th.edefendants. It is of Queen generally Bench. understood that th e t r i al win lake place In the Court s The Court was occupied the gre`tter part of the day in the trial of Mint prosecutions. They v,reve „ wholly devoid of interest. -------=-- „ LICENSED VIC TUALLERS ' SOCIETY.—Toe mut guration din ner o f t h e new Governor and Committee , 41 . the Licensed Vict ua ll ers ' Society took place yesterda!,, evening at Lobh's ta vern, T oolev-street. At seven o'clorfac , sat clown to an exce ll ent dinnerm the company , comprisir: g ev dlicleY c " the seon, and p repare d i n a style which would er h y ave e reflected credit Up on t h e f i rst hotel in the metropolis. The wines (in cluding an a b undant supply of Champagne) were of f i rst.rat• , tr e 'iuelity. Th e chair was taken by Mr. Lancaster, and Mr. Saund ers acted as Vice-President. The usual loy, and some and pa exceioti toasts llent speeches m a d e b y t h e Chairman, Mr. Osborne , the NON drank i n t h e course of t h e even i ng ',4w Governor, Mr, Proctor, Mr. S aun d ers , an d o thers, for which we regret we cannot find space. 1.40N(i SERVICE.—The Kirkstall Forge Compn:Oy leave lit their service 52 individuals, who have been etr; o loyed M the works as follows:—ode GO years, one 57, fr;cir 55, one 53, one 49, two 47, four 44, three 42, two 40, `‘wo 37, 36, three ,5,, ten 30, three 25, and ten 2`‘) yearn. This is a f„;2 4h-no,st nAprecedented, p.:,zi alike creditable to the employ cil a. 11,4 k v"ployed.—F a l mou th E xpress , three